Clothes-line support.



' 0. C. PENN-INGTON.

CLOTHES LINE SUPPORT. I APPLICATION FILED DBO. 22, 1910.

1mi-,8111911r Aug. 15,1911,

@vih/moco w W VCA attomwa ORBEA C. PENNINGTON, OF' COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA.

CLOTHES-LINE SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented A110. 15, 1911.

Application filed December 22, 1910. Serial No. 598,854.

of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements'v inv clothes line supports.

One object of the invention is toprovide an improved support forclot-hes lines whereby the latter may be lowered in position to beconveniently reached for hanging the clothes thereon and whereby thelines may be supported in such manner that the clothes on one line willnot shade those on the other thus permitting the sun and air to reachand -thoroughly and uniformly dry all of the clothes.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists ofcertain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement ofparts as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out inthe appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a front elevation of a clothesline support constructed in accordance with the invcntion and showingthe lines supported in the same plane; Fig. 2 is a similar view showingthe parts tilted to hold one line above the other; Fig. 3 isa verticalsectional view of the same on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is anenlarged detail view of the catch for holding the clothes line supportsin their adjusted positions.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 denotes one of thesupporting posts of my improved clothes line support said posts havingpivotally connected thereto near theirV upper ends transversely disposedline supporting arms or bars 2 the ends of which project a suitabledistance beyond the opposite sides of the posts 1 as shown. The arms orbars 2 may be of any suitable length and are pivotally connected to theupper ends of theV posts by pivot bolts 3. On the inner side of the armsor bars 2 midway between their ends are secured wear plates 4L while tothe outer side of the adjacent portion of the posts 1 are securedsimilar plates et. By providing the plates l and t the adjacent surfacesof the bars 2 and upper ends of the posts are prevented from engagingand thus becoming worn by the repeated swinging of the arms or bars 2.

Thearms or bars 2 are heldin their adjusted' positions by suitablefastening devices comprising semicircular rack bars 5 theouter or upperends of which are secured to the bars 2 on opposite vsides of the postsas shownv.- In the lower edgesl ofthe bars 5 are formed a series oflocking notches 6 with which' are adapted to be engaged the pivoted pawl7 of a catch 8 comprising a base plate 9 which is secured to the postand is provided on its upper end with a guide lug 10 having anoverhanging lip or flange 11 which is engaged with the upper or inneredge of the rack bar 5 and through which said bar is adapted to beturned by the movement of the bars or arms 2 when the latter are tiltedor swung on the post. The pawls 7 are pivotally connected by pivot bolts8 to a-pertured ears or lugs formed on the outer sides of the'baseplates 9 and between said plates and the inner ends of the pawls arearranged pawl retracting springs 12 whereby the opposite ends of thepawls are held in engagement with the notches 6 in the rack bars.

The clothes lines 12 are connected to the outer ends of the bars or arms2 and extend between the posts 1 of the support, said posts beinglocated at any suitable distance apart. When it isy desired to hang theclothes on one or the other of the lines 12 the pawl 7 of the catch isdisengaged from the notches in the rack bars thus permitting the bars orarms 2 to be swung down to a sufficient extent to bring the line to thedesired position where the same is held by the engagement of the pawlwith another notch in the rack bars. When in this position the clothesmay be readily hung upon the lower line after which the pawls of thecatches may be released and the arms or bars 2 swung in the oppositedirection to bring the other line down within reach for hanging theclothes thereon. After the clothes have thus been hung upon the linesthe latter may be permitted to remain in this position with one linehigher than the other thus allowing the sun and air to have free accessto the clothes on both lines or the arms or bars may be swung back to ahorizontal position thereby holding the lines on a level.

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the invention as defined in the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

A clothes line support comprising a post, a line holding arm pivotallymounted on said post, a semi-circular rack bar secured to said arm onopposite sides of the post provided with notches on its lower edge acatch secured to the post comprising a plate provided with anoverhanging lip forming 20 a guide for the rack bar and a spring actu-yated vpawl attached to the plate for interlocking engagement with saidrack bar below the overhanging lip, for holding the line holding arm into the post.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

ORBRA C. PENNINGTON.

Witnesses: Y

EILERT MOHLMANN,' A. C. BRUGGER;

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